PORTSMOUTH — Police here have arrested a second suspect today in two recent knife-point robberies — the woman who drove the suspect to both convenience stores.

By Casey Conleycconley@fosters.com

PORTSMOUTH — Police here have arrested a second suspect today in two recent knife-point robberies — the woman who drove the suspect to both convenience stores.

Police announced this afternoon the arrest of Kassandra L. Young, 28, of 179B Greenleaf Ave. in Portsmouth. Police claim their investigation revealed that Young had operated the car that brought William Flibotte to and from the armed robberies that occurred on June 24 at the Cabot Street Market and on June 30 at Buzzy's Truck Stop.

Young is charged with two felony counts of criminal liability for conduct of another. She was released on $5,000 personal recognizance and is scheduled to be arraigned in the Portsmouth District Court on Aug. 18.

Flibotte, 21, was charged on Tuesday with both robberies. Police said Flibotte committed the robberies and sometime after the commission of those crimes, he ended up in the Rockingham County Jail on unrelated drug charges and resisting arrest from an incident in Portsmouth on July 3.

Capt. Mike Schwartz said officers responded to a report of people rifling through cars at about 3:30 a.m. at the Pease Tradeport. The subjects ran away before officers could talk to them. “We found him about two hours later and (he) tried to run again,” Schwartz said of Flibotte's earlier arrest. “He had marijuana on him.”

The June 24 Cabot Street Market robbery occurred at about 12:30 a.m. after the store had closed. A man wearing a hooded sweat shirt approached the clerk with a knife and demanded money as he was getting into a parked car.

The truck stop on the Route 1 Bypass, was robbed June 30 at about 1:18 a.m. by a man with a bandanna over his face who was carrying a knife. The man pushed the clerk aside and emptied the register as customers watched.

Flibotte, with a last-known address at 105 Beech Hill Road in Exeter, became a suspect after someone submitted a tip to Seacoast Crime Stoppers. Police gathered physical evidence and witness statements that confirmed the information, according to a news release. He remains held at Rockingham County House of Corrections on $5,000 cash bail for each armed robbery charge. He was expected to be arraigned today.

Anyone with any further information about this or any other crime is asked to call the Detective Rochelle Jones at 610-7503, or remain anonymous by contacting Crime Stoppers at (603)431-1199.

You can contact Seacoast Crime Stoppers by leaving an anonymous tip at seacoastcrimestoppers.org. You can also text your tip to CRIMES (274637) with the letters "TIPSCS" and leave your tip that way. If your tip leads to an arrest or indictment of the individual you could receive a cash reward of up to $1,000.